Courage

One of the essentials of a knight, rated higher than prowess, it being a moral quality and thus superior to the merely physical. Raymon Lull (d. c.1315) said of courage that 'no man may more honour and love "chivalry . . . than that dieth for love and for to honour the order of chivalry'. It required no skill to die. As originally used, courage indicated more disposition and purpose than the bravery we associate almost exclusively with the word. [&LT; Lat.cor = heart, mind, spirit + -age associating a quality] -

courage — n Courage, mettle, spirit, resolution, tenacity are comparable when they mean a quality of mind or temperament which makes one resist temptation to give way in the face of opposition, danger, or hardship. Courage stresses firmness of mind or… … New Dictionary of Synonyms